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Bass Harbor Head Light Station

Bass Harbor Head Light Station from directly overhead

Bass Harbor Head Light Station is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Sargent Mountain stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeper's House, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 7.7 miles off.

About

The story

lighthouse in Maine, United States

Dates from 1858.

Wikidata Q810448, matched on coordinates and name (30 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Inscription
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Bass Harbor Head Light Station 1858
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.22208, -68.33733

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bass Harbor Light Station: 0.0 mi
  • Chris's Pond Park: 3.8 mi
  • Pemetic Elementary School play area: 4.1 mi
  • Charlotte Rhoades Park: 4.7 mi
  • Fire Ponds: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches: 51
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Roadside: 11.6 mi
  • Mountain: 11.6 mi
  • Meadow: 11.6 mi
  • Heath: 11.6 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 18
  • Champlain Monument: 7.6 mi
  • Store Foundation: 7.9 mi
  • House Foundation: 8.0 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 8.2 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 8.3 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Attractions: 8
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 3.9 mi
  • The Bubble: 9.1 mi
  • Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 9.6 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 10.0 mi
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 13.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Jesuit Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Lurvey Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Birch Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Maple Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Man O War Waterfall: 6.7 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Duck Brook Waterfall: 12.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Falls: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 13.3 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 22.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cathedral Rock: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Bass Harbor Head Light Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sargent MountainNNE 21°419 m8.9 mi
Pemetic MountainNNE 30°380 m9.0 mi
Penobscot MountainNNE 25°360 m8.4 mi
Bernard MountainNNW 343°326 m5.8 mi
Dike PeakNE 35°321 m9.6 mi
Gilmore PeakNNE 19°316 m8.5 mi
Bald PeakNNE 19°297 m8.3 mi
Mansell MountainNNW 348°289 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0818:46
June solstice04:5019:3720:21
September equinox06:2117:5518:33
December solstice07:0615:1015:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9721315645

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